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He has given us His precious and MAGNIFICANT promises

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Berean Standard Bible, 2 Peter 1:

John 1:

12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
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Jesus promised us to become children of God, born of God.

1 Peter 1 echos this sentiment:

23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
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2 Peter 1 reminds the reader of the same:

4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
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Ephesians 1 spells out the promised Holy Spirit:

These are the promises: The Holy Spirit lives in us. We become children of God. We take on the divine nature of eternal life.

Ellicott makes an important point concerning the Greek word promise:

The magnificent promise was the promise of the Paraclete dwelling in a human spirit permanently.
 
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